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Is There Such a Thing as a Free Dinner? 5 Dec 2008 | 08:55 pm
My buddy Sam Shank has launched a new site focusing on hotel deals - DealBase.com. Everyone loves to find a great deal these days, and DealBase.com has collected a lot of them - over 11,000 hotel deal...
Top Chef Season 5 Premieres Tonight 13 Nov 2008 | 01:04 pm
Get ready for Quickfire Challenges, drama and tears in the kitchen, and of course, the hostess with the mostest, the lovely Padma Lakshmi (pictured here with head judge and famed restauranteur Tom Col...
Hamon Washoku Opens Today in San Carlos 16 Oct 2008 | 08:00 am
Last Saturday my friend Bobby treated me and some friends to a sneak preview 7-course meal at his sleek new Japanese restaurant, Hamon Washoku (note, web site still under construction at press time) w...
Stock Market Got You Down? Here's What $8.06 Buys at Fisher Farm 13 Oct 2008 | 05:35 pm
In the midst of the current economic meltdown comes a welcome recession buster from Doug Klein, CEO of LightPole and earnest foodie. He recently visited Fisher Farm and wrote in to describe his exploi...
Because "Bad, Dirty, and Unjust" Somehow Isn't Appealing 30 Aug 2008 | 12:04 pm
This weekend Slow Food hits Baghdad by the Bay. With a slogan of "Good, clean, and fair," the international movement started in 1989 launches perhaps its finest moment to date with a shindig billed as...
The 11 Best Foods You May Not Be Eating 17 Jul 2008 | 06:20 pm
Tara Parker-Pope of the New York Times did a piece recently boldly titled The 11 Best Foods You Aren't Eating -- a bit presumptuous in that anybody who is at least somewhat health conscious is heeding...
Beer Brewing FAQ 2 Jul 2008 | 06:16 am
Okay, last time we did wine, so now it's time to give beer some air time. I am fortunate to work with a bona fide beermeister, and by that I do not mean somebody with Animal House style binge tendenci...
Things Get Ugly in the World of Wine E-Commerce. Very. 14 Jan 2008 | 07:16 pm
In the recent past, we've heard grumblings of frustration from management of leading wine e-commerce player Wine.com, over the fact that many wine shops and other merchants were skirting the byzantine...
For Those About to Carve 22 Nov 2007 | 01:36 pm
Just in the nick of time, my wife came through with a pointer to a very helpful article in the New York Times (registration required) describing an excellent turkey carving technique. She is hoping to...
The Big O: Organic Wines Versus Organic Grapes 12 Oct 2007 | 10:37 am
Recently you may have read (or re-read) of the benefits of resveratrol, which we're pretty sure inspired you to administer some red wine immediately. Did you know, though, that levels of resveratrol a...
